What we do
Most of a patio project is groundwork, and the stone is laid last. With the base built correctly, the flags will not rock, dip or lift, whatever the Yorkshire weather brings.
We lay porcelain, Indian sandstone and reclaimed Yorkshire stone across Leeds, from a small courtyard to a wraparound patio off a new extension. The same small team manages every project, with a written, itemised quote before we start and the garden left clean on completion.
Materials
Most clients know the look they want before they know the material. Here is how the three compare on the points that matter. Select one for its own page, or send us a photograph of the house and we will recommend which we would lay.
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| The choice | PorcelainModern, low upkeep | Indian sandstoneThe all-rounder | Reclaimed YorkshireOur specialism |
|---|---|---|---|
| The look | Sharp and uniform, with crisp edges, colours from pale grey to near-black and little variation flag to flag. The effect is modern. | A riven natural surface with colour shifts across the pack, from Kandla grey to warm buffs. Traditional, and equally suited to new builds. | Already weathered: every flag is different, in buffs and greys that look a century old the day they are laid. |
| How it wears | It barely changes: no fading, no staining, frost-proof. What is laid today is what you will have in twenty years. | It mellows and softens a little with age: hard-wearing sandstone that withstands Yorkshire winters. | Its longevity is proven: decades on a mill or a wall before we relaid it, and good for decades more. |
| Upkeep | The lowest of the three: a brush and a wash, with no sealing needed. | A wash, with sealing if you want the stain resistance. Sealing is optional. | A wash, with the joints re-pointed when required. Most owners let it weather. |
| Price band | £££ | ££ | £££ |
| Best for | Modern extensions and clean-lined gardens, for those who want it to look the same for good. | Most Leeds gardens: the good-value all-rounder that suits period houses and new builds alike. | Older stone houses and walled gardens, where new flags would look out of place beside old stone. |
| See Porcelain → | See Indian sandstone → | See Reclaimed Yorkshire → |
Price bands are relative, not quotes: £ is the more affordable end, £££ the premium end. Every patio is priced on site, and a note on sealing costs appears further down the page.
Why people choose it
A patio that has turned green is not a failed patio. If the flags are solid underfoot and sitting on a sound base, a wash will do more for it than we could, and we will say so at the site visit.
The patios worth rebuilding are those that rock, hold water against the house or have dropped away from the door. That is a base problem, and a base problem cannot be cleaned off.
Does this sound like your garden? Tell us roughly what you have in mind and we will price it properly.
Get a written quote →Real projects
Our own photographs, from our own projects. If we show it, we built it.
Porcelain: crisp and low maintenance
The old patio comes up first
Measured on site and itemised line by line.
Get a written quoteor view more patios in our projects
Riven flags to the door
Whichever stone you choose, the base is built the same way. Nine times out of ten, a call-out to repair a rocking, cracked patio traces back to the base, not the stone. This is how we build ours so that call never comes.
We excavate and lay a compacted Type 1 sub-base to the correct depth for the ground, not a thin layer of sand over soil. This is the stage that decides whether a patio stays flat.
Every patio is laid to a fall, typically around 1 in 80, running away from the house. Water drains where it should and never sits against the wall or a door threshold.
Flags are laid on a full wet mortar bed, buttered and bedded, not five dabs on the corners. Solid support under every flag means no rocking and no hollow flags a year later.
Joints are pointed or brush-in jointed to suit the stone: neat, consistent lines, with pointing that keeps water out of the bed rather than letting it wash through.
Guaranteed for 5 years
Our 5-year workmanship guarantee covers the groundworks: sub-base, full mortar bed, falls and drainage. That is what stops a patio sinking at one end or holding water in the middle, and it is the first thing a cheap quote omits. The paving itself carries its manufacturer's warranty, up to ten years on the premium ranges, and we pass that paperwork to you as well.
A note on sealing
Sealing is optional on most patios and largely a matter of taste. If you would like your patio sealed, budget around £5.50 to £7 per m² (the going market rate). We will give you a clear recommendation for your stone and how you use the garden.
That is the order we would work in on your patio. The quote itemises every stage before we start.
Get a written quote →What to expect
A patio is a week or two of groundwork with a day or two of stone laying at the end. Knowing this in advance explains why the quote is what it is, and why the garden looks worse before it looks better.
A new patio is only as good as the base beneath it, so we lift the old slabs and excavate rather than laying over a failing base.
The finished patio must sit low enough to stay below the damp-proof course and level under your door thresholds. That determines how much material comes out.
Patios are priced by the square metre, but it is the excavation, the spoil and the access that move the cost, not the stone you choose.
Common questions
Other services
One team, one standard of workmanship, across everything we build.
Still deciding between porcelain, Indian sandstone and reclaimed Yorkshire? The comparison table further up this page sets them out side by side.
A few phone photographs and rough measurements are enough to begin. We will visit to measure up, talk you through the surface options on site, and send a written, itemised, fixed-price quote to your inbox.
Or call 07743 342155
